Monthly Archives: July 2008

Ubuntu UK Podcast Episode 11 Out

By | Published: July 31, 2008

Another episode of the podcast put together by members of the Ubuntu UK LoCo team. We recorded the intro and a few segments outside at Tonys house, so there maybe strange noises in the background. We also have two great segments from LUGRadio Live UK 2008. One is an interview with Pete Stean about …

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Screencast Video Formats

By | Published: July 30, 2008

I’ve started an unscientific poll on the Ubuntu Screencasts site to gather some opinions and start discussion about video formats.

In the past we’ve tried various options of providing OGG only to OGG, MP3, MP4, and finally OGG and Flash (FLV). Each format and resolution we add increases the workload though. For each format …

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Demented by Design

By | Published: July 28, 2008

This just makes me weep. The Defective by Design campaign team are urging people to book slots at the Apple in-store “Genius Bar” to ask probing questions which they already know the answer to about their company policy on DRM and Free software. The ‘Genius Bar’ is an official Apple support avenue for their …

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Ubuntu UK Podcast reaches 10th Episode

By | Published: July 16, 2008

Amazingly we’ve managed to crank out our 10th episode of the Ubuntu UK Podcast. We give away a great PC in this episode, so get listening and enter the competition!

In this episode:-

Discussion:

Watching video content on Ubuntu
Podcast now available in transcribed form!
Sarcastic News
Selling Ubuntu without using ‘Freedom’ in the sales pitch

Competition:

We announce the winner …

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Is that a Paul Smith shirt?

By | Published: July 5, 2008

Whilst standing in the back room at the ballet school that my daughter Sophie goes to, I had an interesting conversation. I was wearing my Ubuntu Hardy Heron T-shirt which I got from the Canonical Online Store. .

One of the other parents (a mum) said to me “That’s a nice T-shirt, where did you …

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